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- spiritual leader who played a seminal role in re-articulating Hinduism for ... Swami Vivekananda was born to Bengali Kayastha (in Bengal the Kayastha ...10 KB (1,573 words) - 15:56, 18 June 2022
- niichi zaat (low caste). The Muslim Caste system in India was analyzed by Ambedkar ... Pakistan has been compared to the caste system in India. The society is rigidly ...31 KB (4,665 words) - 14:24, 29 November 2023
- various religious traditions that originated in India, and now are practiced ... to the strict interpretation of the caste system, all priests must ...19 KB (2,973 words) - 13:22, 22 January 2024
- independent of the person's actions. In contrast to other schools of ... doctrine comes from fragments preserved in Buddhist and Jain sources, ...6 KB (943 words) - 05:13, 30 April 2021
- poet whose compositions are popular throughout India. The extant versions of her poems are in a Rajasthani dialect of Hindi ...8 KB (1,235 words) - 18:54, 9 November 2022
- most well-known governor-general of British India, from 1773 to 1785. He was ... On the one hand, he was more interested in India's past than he was ...14 KB (2,155 words) - 22:56, 3 May 2023
- Christianity stands as India's third largest religion, following ... Vasco da Gama, seeking preexisting Christian nations in India, discovered ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- Ashrama, in the Hindu religion (from Sanskrit āśramaḥ: meaning ... of life" for a twice-born man laid out in the Manusmrti and later Classical ...8 KB (1,212 words) - 04:45, 18 August 2023
- Vedic thought. Vyasatirtha's genius lay in his clear understanding and ... Vyasatirtha was extremely influential in the Vijayanagar Empire. He ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 21:53, 3 May 2023
- of the most famous Hindu mystics of modern India, who claimed that all religions ... Ramakrishna was born into a poor Brahmin family in Karampukur village ...11 KB (1,615 words) - 15:51, 18 June 2022
- who was the chief architect of the Constitution of India. he spent his life fighting against the system of Hindu untouchability and ...34 KB (5,057 words) - 05:20, 26 August 2023
- in the village of Rāi Bhōi dī Talvaṇḍī, now called Nankana ... Sahib), also wrote about Nanak's life in his vārs. However, these too ...16 KB (2,463 words) - 00:15, 5 March 2024
- and included all his baptized disciples in the Amrit Sanchar ceremony ... Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa to inspire the Sikh community ...20 KB (3,030 words) - 03:34, 6 October 2022
- from the Malabar coast (now Kerala) in South India, who follow Syriac ... such as covering their heads while in worship and holding their ritual ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- "Yona" is a Pali word used in ancient India to designate ... Several references to the Yonas are found in ancient Indian documents ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- Samsāra refers to the state of perpetual reincarnation or rebirth ... that human action has consequences not only in this life, but in future lives ...14 KB (2,256 words) - 02:15, 23 December 2022
- and statesman, the second president of India (1962-1967). of comparative religion and philosophy in his day. He built a bridge ...12 KB (1,733 words) - 16:20, 27 July 2021
- Lingayatism, also known as Veerashaivism, began as a reform movement ... The term derives from Lingavantha in Kannada. Legend relates that ...20 KB (2,822 words) - 04:17, 29 October 2022
- 1448)Vinay Dharwadker, "Kabir" in Religions of India in Practice ... )Charlotte Vaudeville, "Kabir" in The Encyclopedia of Religion ...23 KB (3,622 words) - 17:22, 5 April 2023
- often referred to as the Golden Age of India. Chandragupta had been the ... In addition to military prowess, Chandragupta II elevated culture ...13 KB (1,823 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- the Baptist Missionary Society. His interest in mission was stimulated by reading ... Among those who assisted in the task of Bible translation was Ram ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- traversing the globe for Life Magazine. In addition to being the first ... top of a gargoyle on the Chrysler Building in New York City or waiting at ...15 KB (2,278 words) - 03:53, 6 November 2022
- and government, but he also wrote much in the field of economics. His ... While the twentieth century in many ways proved him correct, stronger ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- vibrant expression of contemporary Hinduism, in the Vaisnavite tradition. Swaminarayan was born Ghanshyam Pande in Chhapaiya, Uttar Pradesh ...36 KB (5,036 words) - 16:42, 6 December 2023
- an important Hindu religious scholar born in Gujarat, India. He is best ... He was an original scholar, who believed in the infallible authority of ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- In an arranged marriage, the marital partners are chosen by parents ... been utilized to cement political alliances. In more recent times, Reverend ...25 KB (3,836 words) - 02:27, 9 January 2023
- represent sections of the Constitution of India that prescribe the fundamental ... 1947 and 1949 by the Constituent Assembly of India. Credit for the ...44 KB (6,390 words) - 07:20, 15 April 2024
- the Kali Yuga, the fourth and final stage in the history of the universe ... and the apocalyptic return of Jesus depicted in the Book of Revelation. It ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:29, 5 October 2022
- of hand. The practice occurs most commonly in India, though other Asian nations ... evil, even the devil or Satan. The snake, in the great monotheistic traditions ...17 KB (2,596 words) - 21:41, 30 January 2023
- original intent sas to help with expenses in the creation of the new family ... Today, the practice has decreased in developed countries and urban ...20 KB (3,330 words) - 17:30, 30 January 2024
- [[Image:Pyramid of Capitalist System.png|thumb|right|250px|An Industrial ... distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures. Anthropologists ...31 KB (4,685 words) - 15:01, 27 April 2023
- of National Importance. The Government of India created the IITs to train ... the world's best technology programs. India has faced an enormous challege ...40 KB (5,809 words) - 14:53, 16 October 2021
- root kri, "to do") is a term used in several eastern religions referring ... The caste system in India was traditionally interpreted as a manifestation ...16 KB (2,496 words) - 07:22, 5 October 2022
- ruled large parts of southern and central India between the sixth and twelfth ... The rise of the Chalukyas marks an important milestone in the history ...41 KB (5,966 words) - 01:14, 4 December 2023
- c. 1500 – c. 500 B.C.E.) is the period in the history of India during ... organization, its profound interest in human origins, in the question ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ... In sociology and biology, infanticide is the practice of intentionally ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- a master archer who played a pivotal role in the conflict between the Pandavas ... His seminal role in the Mahabharata has marked Arjuna as a central ...20 KB (3,256 words) - 22:46, 9 March 2022
- and powerful political and military empire in ancient India. Originating ... Emperor Bindusara expanded the Empire into India's central and southern ...32 KB (4,663 words) - 00:50, 9 November 2022
- and first Prime Minister of the Republic of India. Popularly referred to as ... Nehru raised the flag of independent India in Lahore on December 31 ...41 KB (6,185 words) - 23:02, 3 May 2023
- of Dravidian speakers live mainly in southern India, most notably ... Still others argue that Dravidian held sway in a much larger region, replacing ...24 KB (3,241 words) - 17:33, 30 January 2024
- Over time they became a powerful military caste, and on more than one occasion ... The first Mamluks served the Abbasids caliphs in ninth-century Baghdad ...13 KB (2,110 words) - 06:41, 5 November 2022
- this school as well as of bhakti and Islam. In his life and teachings, he ... In contemporary India, the famous Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba is often ...29 KB (4,491 words) - 20:40, 17 April 2023
- express geographic and cultural ties in the region. These individuals ... * Angola--also included in Central Africa * Mozambique and Madagascar ...16 KB (2,390 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- 23, 1937) was a Bengali from undivided India, who contributed to the foundations ... Bose is highly regarded in the scientific communities of the world ...24 KB (3,668 words) - 12:40, 6 November 2021
- of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan country in South Asia. It is a culturally ... is higher than the percentage of Hindus in India, making it the single ...47 KB (6,833 words) - 16:19, 11 November 2022
- as for his promotion of religious harmony. In particular, he was known for ... service (called seva), and teach Education in Human Values. His followers ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 15:00, 23 October 2023
- in Kannada) stood as a prominent South Indian empire that ruled most ... of Malnad Karnataka, an elevated region in the Western Ghats range. In ...35 KB (5,038 words) - 18:09, 15 March 2023
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... ), commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. The name India ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- is a worldwide religious tradition rooted in Indian culture and based on ... It is an English term, probably first used in the 1829 Oxford English Dictionary ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
- The folklore of India comprises the folklore of the nation of India ... The folklore of India is distinguished from classical Sanskrit literary ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
